The Ministry of Community Development affirmed that the state is keen to provide decent livelihoods for all people of the homeland and protect them socially, specifically citizens who pass through exceptional circumstances that prevent them from providing decent livelihoods for themselves and their families, and to take into the hands of individuals who do not work for a reason outside their control, by providing social assistance Exceptionally temporary until the individual is able to join work.
The Ministry denied in a press statement today what was reported by some media, newspapers and accounts via social media sites, which were attributed to the Ministry, and came after the participation of Minister of Community Development, Hessa bint Issa Bouhamid, in the tenth session of the Federal National Council, which was held yesterday.
The ministry confirmed that all the statements that were circulated are out of context, especially those that relate to the disbursement of aid to the unemployed, which came after discussing the text of the federal law that permits the disbursement of exceptional social assistance to those who have no work “due to an out of his control” in accordance with Article 7 of the Law Social Security for the year 2001.
A member of the Federal National Council, Adnan Hamad Muhammad al-Hammadi, asked a question to Bouhamid during the session, in which he said: “Federal Law No. 2 of 2001 in the matter of social security provides for exceptional social assistance for those who have no work, so why does the ministry not disburse this assistance to all eligible persons from Citizens.
The Ministry said in its response: The Federal Law No. 2 of 2001 in the matter of social security has defined in the fourth article the categories that deserve social assistance, for example: the widow - the elderly - the orphan - the unknown of the parents and other groups stipulated in the law, not between These categories are «whoever has no work», except that the seventh article of the law permits the disbursement of exceptional social assistance to those who have no work due to a reason outside of his control and who has no source of income, for a period of six months, and the ministry takes upon consideration of the request some factors, including: (Financial issues - Temporary illness disability - loss in trade - weakness or lack of educational qualification).
The ministry’s response to the question included an offer for the number of exceptional social assistance “for those who have no work due to an out of his control”, where 3245 cases have been disbursed since 2017.
She stressed that she is keen on a continuous and sustainable basis to simplify the procedures for obtaining the services that she provides to various segments of society, especially social security, through the development of integrated linking systems with different parties, and to accelerate the procedures for case research and periodic research for those entitled to insurance, in addition to the advanced case study to obtain the support.